Subj : 2 The ARRL Letter for April 19, 2018 To : all From : mark lewis Date : Wed Apr 25 2018 05:17:58 Predicted planetary A index is 12 and 10 on April 19-20; 5 on April 21-May 5; 10 on May 6; 15 on May 7-8; 10 on May 9-10; 5 on May 11-15; 12 and 10 on May 16-17; 5 on May 18-June 1, and 10 on June 2. Sunspot numbers for April 12-18 were 13, 14, 11, 0, 0, 0, and 0, with a mean of 5.4. The 10.7-centimeter flux was 70, 69.7, 69.5, 70.6, 69.2, 69.3, and 70.8, with a mean of 69.9. Estimated planetary A indices were 9, 9, 6, 6, 3, 4, and 6, with a mean of 6.1. Estimated mid-latitude A indices were 8, 8, 6, 5, 3, 3, and 6, with a mean of 5.6. Send me your reports and observations. ____________________________________________________________________________ Just Ahead in Radiosport * April 20-21 -- Holyland DX Contest (CW, phone, digital) * April 21 -- Feld Hell Sprint * April 21 -- ES Open HF Championship (CW, phone) * April 21-22 -- Worked All Provinces of China DX Contest (CW, phone) * April 21-22 -- YU DX Contest (CW, phone) * April 21-22 -- CQMM DX Contest (CW) * April 21-22 -- Nebraska QSO Party (CW, phone, digital) * April 21-22 -- Michigan QSO Party (CW, phone) * April 21-22 -- EA-QRP CW Contest (CW) * April 21-22 -- Ontario QSO Party (CW, phone) * April 25 -- SKCC Sprint (CW) * April 25 -- UKEICC 80-Meter Contest (CW) * April 25 -- 432 MHz Spring Sprint (CW, phone, digital) * April 26 -- RSGB 80-Meter Club Championship (digital) See the ARRL Contest Calendar for more information. For in-depth reporting on Amateur Radio contesting, subscribe to The ARRL Contest Update via your ARRL member profile e-mail preferences. ____________________________________________________________________________ Upcoming ARRL Section, State, and Division Conventions * April 21 -- Delaware State Convention, Georgetown, Delaware * April 21 -- Aurora '18 Conference, White Bear Lake, Minnesota * April 28 -- Mentorfest Convention, Garland, Texas * May 4-5 -- Military Radio Collectors Group Convention, Paso Robles, California * May 6 -- Eastern Pennsylvania Section Convention, Bristol, Pennsylvania * May 18-20 -- Great Lakes Division Convention (Hamvention(R)), Xenia, Ohio * June 1-2 -- Arizona State Convention, Prescott, Arizona * June 1-3 -- Northwestern Division Convention (SEA-PAC), Seaside, Oregon * June 2 - Georgia State Convention (Atlanta Hamfest), Marietta, Georgia * June 2-3 -- Western Pennsylvania Section Convention, Prospect, Pennsylvania * June 8-10 -- West Gulf Division Convention (Ham-Com), Plano, Texas Find conventions and hamfests in your area. ____________________________________________________________________________ ARRL -- Your One-Stop Resource for Amateur Radio News and Information. * Join or Renew Today! ARRL membership includes QST, Amateur Radio's most popular and informative journal, delivered to your mailbox each month. * Listen to ARRL Audio News, available every Friday. Subscribe to... * NCJ -- National Contest Journal. Published bimonthly, features articles by top contesters, letters, hints, statistics, scores, NA Sprint, and QSO Parties. * QEX -- A Forum for Communications Experimenters. Published bimonthly, features technical articles, construction projects, columns, and other items of interest to radio amateurs and communications professionals. Free of charge to ARRL members... * Subscribe to the ARES E-Letter (monthly public service and emergency communications news), the ARRL Contest Update (bi-weekly contest newsletter), Division and Section news alerts -- and much more! ____________________________________________________________________________ The ARRL Letter is published Thursdays, 48 times each year. ARRL members may subscribe at no cost or unsubscribe by editing their Member Data Page as described at http://www.arrl.org/arrlletter/. Copyright (C) 2018 American Radio Relay League, Incorporated. Use and distribution of this publication, or any portion thereof, is permitted for non-commercial or educational purposes, with attribution. All other purposes require written permission. www.arrl.org )\/(ark Always Mount a Scratch Monkey Do you manage your own servers? If you are not running an IDS/IPS yer doin' it wrong... .... The best things in life aren't things. --- * Origin: (1:3634/12.73) .